Battery devices design guide
A battery typically has a pair of drivers: the generic battery class driver provided by Microsoft, and a miniclass driver written specifically for that individual type of battery. The class driver defines the overall functionality of the batteries in the system and interacts with the power manager.
This design guide focuses on:
Writing battery miniclass drivers
Learn how to write battery miniclass drivers by referring to the Writing Battery Miniclass Drivers guide.
Writing UPS minidrivers
Find information on writing UPS minidrivers, which were used with older versions of Windows, in the Writing UPS Minidrivers guide.